Louis Vuitton A/W 2018. Paris Men's Fashion Week, Jan. 18, 2018.
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Louis Vuitton A/W 2018. Paris Men's Fashion Week, Jan. 18, 2018.
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Legacy and Frontiers in Milan, Fashion Gaffes, Standalone Bootlegs, Gucci Arcade, Versace...
HK Mindy Meissen, curator January 19, 2018
QUOTABLES!
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Showing a suit at a men's wear presentation may not seem like a radical proposition until you remember that the suit has become the Uncle Bernie of fashion, a corpse propped up in the back seat of the convertible and driven around town.
Guy Trebay, 2018
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One of the great things about fashion is the sense of fresh possibility, of embarkment. Each season sets off a new sensibility and a suggestion for how people may want to communicate—and dress themselves—in the near future. It's also been viewed as a wheel turning too fast, a brute force where nothing but change is certain. PARIS FASHION WEEK continued on Thursday with a stellar final show from KIM JONES at LOUIS VUITTON. I'm still thinking about MILAN MEN'S FASHION WEEK, where there seemed to be a desire for new possibilities and a sense that the world (and thus the market) is in flux. Companies like ARMANI, FENDI, PRADA, VERSACE, and ZEGNA are measuring legacy against novelty. And there's a lot of novelty to be had: influencers, new gadgets, startups, software solutions, the latest update to algo feeds, we could go on. Legacy can sometimes be viewed as stalwart or slow-footed in an era when an entire collection, labored on for six months, can be loaded onto a screen in milliseconds. Yet legacy should be viewed as a core strength—and it can evolve. There's a fine line between reinterpreting and reissuing the past. I like the intermingling of storied Italian houses with designers just starting out. In Milan, designers showed a balancing act between heritage—from Prada's signature nylon to Ermenegildo Zegna's cashmere—and evolution. FashionSET: Legacy and Frontiers: Milan Men's Fashion Week A/W 2018... VOGUE ESPAÑA's GUCCI ARCADE came through our suggested links, and it's a retro-futuristic, interactive (and, key feature: shoppable!) project that is very different from the typical, CMS-loaded layouts we're accustomed to seeing online. And that's why it's great... CATHY HORYN writes that FX’s VERSACE TV drama lacks some of the fun embodied by the true Versace family. Horyn links to her 1997 VANITY FAIR profile of Donatella, and it's a wonderful look back on family dynamics at a dynastic fashion house... Briefs: The full restoration of these 1994 CHICAGO II sneakers blew my mind. Enthusiasts are doing the work of pro conservators and then some... OAMC sells a stake to ONWARD LUXURY GROUP... DAZED readers respond to how fashion should change.

HK Mindy Meissen, curator

January 19, 2018